Chapter 241 Yue Rujing Sowing Discord
He spoke earnestly, almost with a sob in his voice, "Brother, I can assert with absolute certainty that this wife of yours could never be the Gu Family’s daughter, a mere peasant girl would never dare commit such a shocking and unconventional act. It’s quite possible that she is a major figure planted in the Gu Family by the palace, perhaps meant to act against the State Preceptor, but serendipitously picked up by us instead."
"She’s a hot potato; in my opinion, the sooner we let her go, the better. Either kill her or hand her over to Xuanzong, curry favor with the palace, and then we can sit back and watch the tigers fight!"
Yue Rujing’s words successfully diverted Jin Zijin’s thoughts from the matter of castrating someone.
Jin Zijin looked at Yue Rujing with a strange expression, having never considered such a possibility himself, he found Yue Rujing’s idea too far-fetched.
"Aren’t you afraid I will be poisoned again?"
Afraid, of course, he was afraid, Yue Rujing’s expression held a trace of melancholy, like that of a desperate beast trapped in adversity, clenching his fists tightly, he said angrily, "Don’t we still have a few medicine men? If we lose this one, I’ll move heaven and earth to find another for you."
Jin Zijin smiled bitterly and whispered, "But if we replace the person, how could she ever be Youyou?"
His voice was soft, as if he was talking to himself. But the intermittent sounds reached Yue Rujing’s ears differently; he looked at Jin Zijin with shock on his face and a tint of incredulous fear.
"You... Brother, what did you say?" Similarly conflicted was Yue Rujing.
Previously when he joked that Jin Zijin might have fallen for that village girl, he was 80% joking, but now, seeing Jin Zijin’s forlorn expression, he was afraid, truly afraid.
How could his brother... fall for a village girl?